Classic Arts & Crafts Furniture You Can Build Step-By-Step Projects For Every Room

127 Pages·1999·103.92 MB·English

by  Andy Schultz

CLASSIC
ARTS & CRAFTS
FURNITURE
YOU CAN BUILD
STEP-BY-STEP
PROJECTS FOR
ANDY SCHULTZ
CLASSIC
ARTS & CRAFTS
FURNITURE
YOU CAN BUILD
CLASSIC
ARTS & CRAFTS
FURNITURE
YOU CAN BUILD
ANDY SCHULTZ
POPULAR WOODWORKING BOOKS
CINCINNATI, OHIO
www.popularwoodworking.com
READ THIS IMPORTANT SAFETY NOTICE To prevent accidents, keep safety in mind while
y u w rk. Us the safety guards installed on power equipment; they are for your protection. When working
on pow r equipment, keep fingers away from saw blades, wear safety goggles to prevent injuries from flying
wood chips and sawdust, wear headphones to protect your hearing, and consider installing a dust vacuum
to reduce the amount of airborne sawdust in your woodshop. Don't wear loose clothing, such as neckties or
shirts with loose sleeves, or jewelry, such as rings, necklaces or bracelets, when working on power equipment,
and tie back long hair to prevent it from getting caught in your equipment. The author and editors who
compiled this book have tried to make the contents as accurate and correct as possible. Plans, illustrations,
photographs and text have been carefully checked. All instructions, plans and projects should be carefully
read, studied and understood before beginning construction. Due to the variability of local conditions,
construction materials, skill levels, etc., neither the author nor Popular Woodworking Books assumes any
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sented in this book.
METRIC CONVERSION CHART
TO CONVERT TO MULTIPLY BY
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Centimeters Inches 0.4
Classic Arts and Crafts Furniture You Can Build. Copyright © 1999 by Andy Schultz. Manufactured in the United States.
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03 02 01 00 99 5 4 3 2 1
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Schultz, Andy.
Classic arts & crafts furniture you can build / by Andy Schultz.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 1-55870-490-6 (alk. paper)
1. Furniture making-Amateurs' manuals. 2. Furniture, Mission-United States-Amateurs' manuals. 3. Arts and crafts move
ment-United States-Amateurs' manuals. I. Title.
TT195.S365 1999
684.1 '04-<1c21 99-10931
CIP
Editor: Bruce Stoker
Production editor: Christine Doyle and Jeff Crump
Production coordinator: John Peavler
Cover designed by Clare Finney
Interior designed by Brian Roeth
Cover photography by Paul Brokering
The photo of the armchair found in the Gamble House in Pasadena, CA on page 19 is published with permission of the photographer,
Alex Vertikoff, PO Box 2079, Tijeras, NM 87059.
The photo of the sideboard found in the Thorsen House in Pasadena, CA on page 19 is published with permission of the photogra
pher, Tim Street-Porter, 2074 Watsonia Terrace, Los Angeles, CA 90068.
.:. ACKN9WLtDGMtNT5
Many thanks to the following people:
My editor, Bruce Stoker
My publisher, Popular Woodworking Books, represented by R. Adam
Blake
My father, Lumir Schultz
My wife, Mary Sutton
My kids, Andrew and Nichole
My ever-supporting in-laws, Jack and Lorraine Sutton
My friends, Joe and Dan at Old Mill Woodworking
My friends, Buck, Gary and Bob at Hardwood Heaven
My upholsterer, Vickie Little
And finally, a special thanks to all who work wood. You are the best
people in the world, builders and makers all. May your chisels be
keen, your glue bottles full and may your woodstacks overfloweth .
•: . AB9UT TNt AUTN9R
Andy Schultz is a former Taunton book editor, experienced wood
worker, writer, teacher and photographer. He is the author of Build
Your Own Entertainment Centers (Popular Woodworking Books)
and many articles for woodworking magazines.
These registered patent trademarks of
Gustav Stickley's Craftsman Farms indi
cate that not only is each piece of furni
ture an original work, but each piece rep
resents Stickley's personal best.
KAN
ALS IK
- SLOGAN OF CRAFTSMAN FARMS CRAFTSMEN,
"THE BEST I CAN."
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CHAPTER ONE
A BRltr MIS T9RY 9r TMt ARTS AND CRArTS
M9VtMtNT .A ND ITS rURNITURt
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CHAPTER TWO
TMt LIVING R99M
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38
THE MORRIS CHAIR
5
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THE OnOMAN
~8
THE SEnLE
55
THE END TABLE
58
THE LAMPS
CHAPTER THREE
TME DINING R99M
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THE SERVING TABLE
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THE CHINA CABINET
THE GATELEG
7~
BREAKFAST TABLE
70
THE TRESTLE TABLE
CHAPTER FOUR
TME BEDR99M
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Ob
THE BEDSTEAD
91
THE SOMNAE
THE CHIFFONIER
THE MIRROR
100
THE CLOCK